However, what is interesting is that there were only 9 women have made the cut, and for the first time 2 have landed in our top 10. Why So Few?

So, we took a deep dive into Forbes ranking. And here’s what we found:

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, lands at No. 5, she is the longest serving leader in the European Union and controls more than $3.6 trillion in GDP, Dilma Rousseff, Brazil’s president at No. 31, and South Korea’s first female president Geun-hye Park at No. 46 on the list.

Together, the three female heads of state (Angela Merkel, Dilma Rousseff, and Park Geun-hye) control more than $7 trillion in combined gross domestic product.

One notable omission from the list, Sonia Gandhi, an Italian-born Indian politician and the President of the Indian National Congress party, who was the highest ranked Indian last year at 21.

Also newly out of office, Jill Abramson (No. 68 on last year’s list) former editor of The New York Times, didn’t make the on new list this year.

Dr. Amarendra Bhushan Dhiraj is the CEO and editorial director at CEOWORLD magazine, the leading global business magazine written strictly for CEOs, CFOs, top managers, company directors, investors, senior executives, business leaders, high net worth individuals, and the most globally powerful men and women.